Top Monsanto Execs Load Up on Stock

The CEO and CFO buy $3.6 million in shares of the herbicide and seed maker.

THE HERBICIDE AND SEED MAKER Monsanto (ticker: MON) has seen its shares drop as it restructures its lucrative Roundup business. But this week, two top executives are suggesting the shares are ready to sprout, buying a combined $3.6 million in shares.

Hugh Grant, chairman, president and chief executive of Monsanto, bought 37,500 shares for about $2 million, or an average price of $52.06 each, on July 13. That same day, Carl M. Casale,...